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Word: Perjury
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French perjurie, from Latin perjurium ‘false oath’, from the verb perjurare (see perjure)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpəːdʒ(ə)ri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath
Short Definition:offence of wilfully telling untruth or making misrepresentation under oath
Examples:- he claimed two witnesses at his trial had committed perjury
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